It's already time again for the KWerner color challenge. I'm actually proud of this little creation. It's a photo frame made from two coasters. I'm going to give it to a friend who just had a baby girl. I think it would be perfect for her desk at work once she gets off maternity leave.

My colors were vineyard berry, goldrush, sweet leaf, and chocolate. The flowers and butterfly were made using a dry embossing technique; and everything was attached using glue dots. Enjoy!

Do I have an umbrella stamp?

I can't take credit for this month's scrap tip. It's an idea from my sister-in-law. It's a wonderful way to keep track of which stamp sets you have in your collection. It comes in handy when you're looking for a particular stamp such as a flower for a card or an umbrella for a rainy day layout.

Here's what you do: Put a picture or a catalog cut-out of a stamp set on a 6x6 piece of cardstock. You could also stamp all the images from the set if you want to. Do this for all your stamp sets. Then place these cards in a 6x6 album arranging them in whatever order you like. My book is arranged by holidays first then "word" stamps (happy birthday, thank you, etc) and finishes with alphabet sets. Now when you're looking for a particular stamp, you just have to flip through your book instead of pulling out every single stamp set in your collection. This will save you so much time, you'll be amazed. You'll also be surprised that in fact you do have an umbrella stamp. You just totally forgot it was part of one of your stamp sets. :)

Note: You can also create pages for your ink pad collection. Just highlight the item code for the ones that you own. You'll know exactly what you have on hand; and it will help keep you from ordering unnecessary duplicates. Happy organizing!!

Unit Challenge-9/12/08

Our unit has started doing challenges to help get our creative juices flowing. I've missed the first two; but I did get one done last week. Our challenge was to do anything using fall colors or fall holiday themes. The catch was it couldn't be a layout or a card. So here's my entry---a Halloween squash book. It was so much fun to do, I'm going to use it in an upcoming workshop. The technique is so simple, I think everybody should know how to do this!

Here's my entry for this week's Color Inspiration. I had to crank this out in less than an hour so it's kind of rushed. My colors are hollyhock, baby pink, and heavenly blue. The stamp sets are In My Heart (the upcoming CTMH December stamp of the month) and Heartthrob. Thanks for looking!